Didn’t manage to get tickets to the exhibition of the 11th-century artwork at the British Museum in London? Don’t worry, our cartoonist has got you covered, capturing the many battles of our times in her alternative version
Continue reading...NYC’s elite figures, led by Julie Menin, made Wintour blink, and the designer who in 2011 had gone on a drunken antisemitic rant, bowed out of industry’s biggest event
Did Anna Wintour, Vogue’s long-serving fashion titan and ringmaster of the annual Met Gala, meet her match in Julie Menin, the speaker of New York’s city council?
The museum is the crown jewel of the wealthy neighborhood and some residents hold significant sway at the institution, financially and in terms of the art they plan to bequeath to it. So when it was announced late in July on a Friday afternoon that Galliano would be the focus of the Met Gala next year, it left many stunned.
Continue reading...District attorney must decide whether to retry case after jury’s failure to reach verdict despite hours of deliberation
Lindsay Clancy, prosecutors, defense lawyers, the judge and millions watching on are back where they started after her five-week trial over the murder of her three children ended in a mistrial.
America’s saddest case has ceased for the moment, but the legal wrangling is not over, and a second trial could now be on the horizon, prolonging and repeating an agonizing spectacle that has gripped America and the world.
Continue reading...After bringing injured queen Phoebee home in July, Gilly McArthur expected her soon to die, but she’s bumbling on
Fifty-two days ago, Phoebee was lying by the side of a road in the blistering sun with a broken wing. Today, she’s clambering up the arm of Gilly McArthur, around the nape of her neck and disappearing into her hair.
“I couldn’t leave her by the roadside,” McArthur says. “So I bought her home and made her a bed of flowers. I thought she’d be dead in a day or so.”
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Even though Beyoncé rumours prove unfounded, there are plenty of guests, from Idris Elba to Lauryn Hill – but this show doesn’t need cameos to lift it
Jay-Z’s first solo tour in nine years bills itself as a celebration: it marks the 30th anniversary of his debut album, Reasonable Doubt. But it feels less concerned with nostalgic reverie than a show of strength in the present day. Hip-hop is a genre predicated on constant forward motion, in which careers tend to burn brightly, then dim as the music moves on. Jay-Z may not be the only fiftysomething rapper out on a career retrospective tour in 2026, but he is, unequivocally, the only one who’s capable of doing it at this level: packing out the biggest stadiums in the world nearly a decade after he last released an album, his standing impressively undiminished by a retreat into semi-retirement.
Moreover, he’s doing it in considerable style. The show’s musical approach can clearly trace its origins back to 2001, the year Jay-Z solved the problem of how on earth a rapper was supposed to appear on MTV Unplugged by eschewing hip-hop’s standard DJ-and-backing-tapes approach and employing a live band: the Roots were apparently astonished to be asked, but the end result was pretty jaw-dropping. Back in May, his first solo gig in five years essentially recreated it – he headlined the Roots’ annual Picnic festival with Questlove and co in tow once more – but the Jay-Z 30 tour supersizes it, featuring not just a 10-piece band, but an 18-piece string section. The resulting sound can, very occasionally, feel a little de trop – the squealing metal guitar solo appended to Can I Live definitely seems surplus to requirements – but for the most part, it works extraordinarily well, amping up the cinematic sweep of Empire State of Mind and the lush 70s-soul inflections of Izzo (H.O.V.A), adding a thunderous heft to Public Service Announcement and 99 Problems. It also serves to underline Jay-Z’s technical skill: a lesser rapper would be swallowed up by the density of the sound, but the precision of his delivery consistently cuts through.
Continue reading...Healthy middle-aged people deemed to be at higher risk of developing condition among those eligible to participate
People without memory loss will be offered an experimental Alzheimer’s drug that could stop the development of the condition before dementia symptoms emerge.
Healthy middle-aged people deemed to have a higher risk of developing the condition will be eligible to participate in the trial, which is being run by an NHS trust as part of an international clinical trial aiming to prevent dementia.
Continue reading...Injury rules Slovene out of world championships
Pogacar crashed at the Vuelta a España last weekend
Tadej Pogacar will end his season prematurely after undergoing surgery on the fractured collarbone sustained in a crash at the Vuelta a España, he said on Saturday, with the injury ruling him out of this month’s world championships.
“Of course, this isn’t the way I wanted my season to finish. Right now, the most important thing is to recover properly and give my body the time it needs,” Pogacar said in a UAE Team Emirates statement.
This story will be updated after Saturday’s stages in Spain and Britain
Continue reading...Chancellor says he wants to ensure country has ‘buffer’ against uncertainty as global bond yields hit 18-year high
The chancellor has indicated that the UK will face a tough budget next month due to Trump’s war in the Middle East.
In an interview with the Financial Times, John Healey said the conflict in Iran would probably have a strong influence on his first budget on 28 October.
Continue reading...Chinese man at Trishuli hydropower project and Nepali woman in Nuwakot found 10 days into rescue operation
Emergency responders rescued a Chinese man and a Nepali woman in two separate operations on Saturday, as authorities continued to search for thousands of people missing 10 days after massive floods hit Nepal.
The Nepali military said a joint team comprising personnel from its army and South Korean disaster experts rescued the man from a 225-metre (740ft) tunnel in the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project, and that he was undergoing a health assessment. Pictures showed him being evacuated by helicopter after being carried out of the tunnel.
Continue reading...Updates from St James’ Park, kick-off 12.30pm (BST)
It’s certainly not the case with all Premier League managers but Marco Rose sounds more than happy with Bournemouth’s transfer window. That’s due mainly to keeping hold of key men, particularly midfielder Alex Scott: “Here’s a very important player for us. Happy to have him,” says Rose with a smile.
Table-wise, it’s 7th v 14th today. Look at Hull in that maximum points gang!
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MONZA (ANP) - Max Verstappen heeft bij de derde en laatste training van de Grote Prijs van Italië de derde tijd gereden. De Red Bull-coureur was op het circuit van Monza 0,350 seconde langzamer dan Mercedes-coureur George Russell.
De 28-jarige Brit zette met 1.22,219 de beste tijd neer, voor zijn landgenoot Lewis Hamilton in de Ferrari en Verstappen. Hamilton was 0,226 seconde langzamer. Russells teamgenoot Kimi Antonelli, de leider in het WK, kwam tot de vierde tijd op 0,361 seconden.
Antonelli gaat nog altijd aan de leiding in de Formule 1 met 242 punten. Russell en Hamilton volgen met beiden 183 punten. Verstappen staat zesde met 112 punten.
De kwalificatie is zaterdag om 16.00 uur. Vorig jaar won Verstappen de Grote Prijs van Italië.
PUILAURENS (ANP/BELGA) - Een grote natuurbrand in het Zuid-Franse departement Aude vraagt om veel inzet van brandweer en andere hulpdiensten, zo melden diverse Franse media.
Tot dusver is 225 hectare afgebrand, wat overeenkomt met zo'n 450 voetbalvelden. De toestand in het gebied in de gemeente Puilaurens is nog kritiek, schrijft bijvoorbeeld een regionale editie van nieuwssite France Info.
In het getroffen deel zijn zo'n 350 brandweerlieden actief met honderd voertuigen. Ook worden een blusvliegtuig en een helikopter ingezet. Ze hebben honderden hectares weten te beschermen voor de vlammen.
De brand brak vrijdagmiddag uit in Puilaurens, dat ten westen van Perpignan ligt, aan de rand van de Pyreneeën. Vrijdagavond werden al negen blusvliegtuigen en een helikopter ingezet, die samen een zestigtal blusvluchten uitvoerden. In het gehucht Lavagnac werden 32 inwoners uit voorzorg geëvacueerd. Ook het kasteel van Puilaurens, beschermd werelderfgoed en een toeristische trekpleister, werd ontruimd.
Het seizoen is inmiddels al ruim een maand onderweg, de transferperiode is afgelopen en Feyenoord staat er niet geweldig voor. In de eigen Kuip werd er tweemaal niet gewonnen, maar in uitwedstrijden bleven de Rotterdammers tot nu toe wel foutloos. Zet Feyenoord die reeks voort? Blijf hier op de hoogte!
Tijdens de grote controleactie die vrijdagavond is gehouden rond het Zuidplein in Rotterdam zijn 165 proces verbalen uitgeschreven. 61 daarvan betroffen zwartrijders.
